I don't know if I've ever done it, but I could definitely see people having done so for any two of the three Joe vs. Punk matches in 2004, the two Hunter vs. Foley matches in 2001, Dragon & Ki in 2001 (Super 8 finals and King of the Indies finals), the two HBK vs. HHH vs. Benoit matches in 2004, the two HBK vs. Angle PPV matches in 2005, Dragon and Nigel's two ROH World Title singles matches in 2008, any combination of the three or four Flair vs. Steamboat matches (I still haven't gotten around to watching that house show match from Landover that Dave supposed gave over ***** to) and the two Flair vs. Funk matches in 1989. Also, Tanahashi and Okada's two matches in 2013 (Invasion Attack and KOPW) got this sort of buzz. There is also the three Tyler vs. Davey matches in ROH in 2010, (although I don't quite remember how well the second one was received).

Also, if you count years like Dave does with December counting for the next year, Aries' two ROH World Title challenges against Nigel. All of these are matches that most people seem to have somewhere between ****1/2 and *****.

There is also the two Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA matches last year, the two Eddie Edwards vs. Roderick Strong matches in 2011, and the two Briscoes vs. KoW matches in 2010 that are also up in that same level of quality, but I think got overshadowed by other stuff that year. I either haven't seen them or don't remember off the top of my head, but I also think that Briscoes vs. Steenerico in 2007 and Strong vs. Stevens in 2008 could be up there was well (well Ladder War wasn't overshadowed, but the other stuff kind of was).

my immediate thought when i wrote that was Punk vs Joe and Flair vs Steamboat. Punk vs Joe didn't win MOTY that year, and I don't know how the other Flair/Steamboat matches did that year. but looking at the observer awards, I have to imagine that some of the Four Pillars of Heaven matches HAD to be 1 and 2 on the rankings

my immediate thought when i wrote that was Punk vs Joe and Flair vs Steamboat. Punk vs Joe didn't win MOTY that year, and I don't know how the other Flair/Steamboat matches did that year. but looking at the observer awards, I have to imagine that some of the Four Pillars of Heaven matches HAD to be 1 and 2 on the rankings

Oh. You were talking about actual WON wins rather than matches that got talk like that.

Tag Team of the Year: DIY
RU: Hardys Boyz
(A grudging honorable mention the Young Bucks)

Stable of the Year: Catchpoint
RU: Bullet Club
(Honorable mention to SAnitY)

Woman of the Year: Asuka
RU: Alexa Bliss!
(I’m giving it to Asuka due to match quality, but if we had a separate award for best female worker I would have given that to Asuka and given Alexa the top spot here. She has basically carried every brand she has been on. So has Asuka, but Asuka’s angles and promos haven’t been as good and she hasn’t been wrestling very regularly on TV).

Storyline of the Year: Who has been attacking Enzo & Cass?
RU: Drew Galloway hates EVOLVE and the WWN

(I realize these are very low bars, but the more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that we haven’t had many good stories in the first half of this year. There have been good feuds, but not good stories. There is a lot of stuff underway that I think will be great by the end of the year, but as of June 30, there really weren’t many good stories that had played out to any sort of major degree.)

Worst Storyline of the Year: The Botching of Bayley, Part II: Bayley tries to win her title back, only to be exposed as a pathetic loser
RU: The interminable Dar/Fox/Cedric love triangle
Honorable mention to The Botching of Bayley, Part I: Bayley is a completely unworthy champion who is a babyface that doesn’t even care that she can’t win by herself.

Feud of the Year: Alpha Kevin & Melanie Gray vs. Marius van Beethoven & Alpha Female (wXw)
RU: I guess I’ll go with Sami Callihan vs. Lucha Libre from AAW for now because Omega vs. Okada's two singles matches isn’t quite enough for a feud, although I’m sure it will be one by the end of the year. I reserve the right to go back and change this to Best Friends vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Marty Scurll once I see the three PWG shows from this year that I haven’t yet seen.

Promotion of the Year: New Japan
RU: EVOLVE
(EVOLVE gets the nod over RevPro because of their efforts to expand and because RevPro occasionally puts on a mostly skippable show)

Worst Promotion of the Year: TNA
RU: ROH
(I’ve been flitting out of both promotions since I stopped reviewing the TV shows- basically watching anything that the general consensus was good on, and I’m giving the top spot to TNA for two reasons:
1. ROH’s matches have been better
2. If ROH was any other promotion in the world, I wouldn’t have given up on them for what they have been doing. It’s a mediocre product that I gave up on not because it was mediocre, but because it was a mediocre version of something ROH shouldn’t be. With TNA they’ve mostly just been bad (unless the world title or occasionally X-Division Title have been involved) and I would have given up on them no matter what promotion they were.
And the saddest part is that I actually almost gave WWE the top slot here. That’s how frustrating large chunks of what WWE has done this year have been.

Best Babyface of the Year: Matt Riddle
RU: KUSHIDA
(Honorable mentions to Will Ospreay and Johnny Gargano)

Best Heel of the Year: Alexa Bliss!
RU: Bobby Roode
(They’re pretty much even, but Alexa gets to be on TV more often so I gave it to her. Kevin Owens isn’t far behind them, either)

Best Turn of the Year: Ciampa turns on Gargano in NXT
RU: Owens turns on Jericho

Breakout Star of the Year: KEITH LEE!
RU: BRAUN STROWMAN!

Worst Waste of Talent in a promotion: The entire WWE Cruiserweight Division aside from Neville and Aries
RU: Mickie James in WWE

YOUR Mark Out Moment of the Year: Suzuki-Gun invades New Japan
RU: The Revival debut on Raw

In-ring Spot of the Year: Chuck Taylor counters Marty Scurll’s attempt to break his fingers by hitting Marty with Sole Food at PWG Nice Boys (Don’t Play Rock N’ Roll)
RU: Gargano saves Ciampa from a ladder to the face, taking the blow for his teammate.

Most Shocking Moment of the Year: Hardys show up in ROH earlier than expected
RU: Hiromu Takahashi beats KUSHIDA in five minutes

Non-kayfabe News Story of the Year: WWE does nothing about JBL’s bullying after Mauro story, plus many others start to break
RU: New Japan announces plans to run in the US
(Honorable mentions to the “ROH is a sinking ship” narrative and the new TNA regime)